Health: translated information
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Alzheimers
It's not a disgrace,it's dementia. (Video resource)
| Arabic | Assyrian | Croatian | Khmer | Serbian | Spanish |
| Ukrainian |
A Ditigal story (Video resource)
Asthma
| Arabic | Bosnian | Chinese | Croatian | Greek | Gujarati |
| Hindi | Indonesian | Italian | Japanese | Macedonian | Spanish |
| Sudanese | Vietnamese |
Cancer
Health Translations Directory
Victorian Government
39 resources on cancer in a variety of languages
Breast Screening
Breast Screen Victoria
Information in 12 languages
| Arabic | Chinese | Croatian | Greek | Italian | Macedonian |
| Polish | Russian | Serbian | Spanish | Turkish | Vietnamese |
Cervical cancer and pap smears
Pap Screen Victoria
Resources in a variety of languages about Pap tests, HPV and cervical cancer, as well as brochures, information sheets and posters.
Multilingual cancer phoneline
Cancer Council of Victoria
Callers can listen to cancer information recorded in their own language. They can also connect to a cancer nurse, assisted by an interpreter.
Multicultural cancer information
Cancer Council NSW
Cancer Fact Sheets in 7 languages: Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Cancer Directory
Cancer Council NSW
Cancer Directory provides a comprehensive online directory of Australian cancer care resources in English and several community languages.
To search more than 700 information items, please select 'cancer type' then select 'language'.
Child health
Children with Disability
Better start for children with disability initiative fact sheet in the following languages: Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dinka, Filipino, Hindi, Macedonian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Royal Childrens Hospital Melbourne
Useful links on various topics including picture based resources and translated information
Raising Children Network
This selection of parenting videos is available in the following languages: English, Auslan,Arabic, Burmese, Dari, Dinka, Hindi, Indonesian, Karen, Korean, Mandarin, Nuer and Vietnamese. Select the video you want to watch, then choose your language from the menu on the video page.
Child safety
NSW Health
Facts sheets on child safety
| Arabic | Chinese | Dari | Khmer | Korean | Macedonian |
| Persian | Spanish | Turkish | Vietnamese |
Kids Health : the children's hospital at Westmead
Inflatable and portable pools
Poster about safety issues and fencing requirements associated with portable pools.
| Arabic | Simplified Chinese | Traditional Chinese | Korean |
Brochure about safety issues and fencing requirements associated with portable pools.
| Arabic | Simplified Chinese | Traditional Chinese | Korean | Vietnamese |
Chronic disease: programs
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland
Dental health
Dental Health Services Victoria
| Arabic | Chinese | English | Greek | Italian | Macedonian |
| Somali | Spanish | Turkish | Vietnamese |
Diabetes
| Arabic | Chinese Traditional | Chinese Simplified | Greek | Italian | Korean |
| Spanish | Turkish | Urdu | Vietnamese |
Australian Diabetes Council
Diabetes: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (Booklets)
Australian Diabetes Council has produced a series of books containing comprehensive, yet easy-to-understand information that is available in
20 languages.
| Arabic | Chinese | Dari | Dinka | English | Farsi |
| Fijian | Filipino | French | Greek | Hindi | Italian |
| Maltese | Russian | Samoan | Swahili | Tamil | Tongan |
| Turkish | Vietnamese |
Diseases and conditions
Victorian Government Health Information
68 resources on a variety of conditions in a range of languages
Drug education
| Arabic | Chinese Traditional | Croatian | Greek | Italian | Macedonian |
| Maltese | Polish | Russian | Serbian (Cyrillic) | Serbian (Latin) | Spanish |
Drugs
Alchohol and other drugs
NSW Government Health Department
Drug information in 23 languages
State Library of NSW
The guide includes information on a range of drugs such as alcohol, tobacco, methamphetamines, hallucinogens and cannabis. It also covers drug effects, driving, treatment, pregnancy, drugs and the law and where to go for help and further information
Australian Greek Welfare Society
Several information sheets on drugs and alchohol available in the Greek language
Health: many topics
Gambling help for non-english speakers - NSW Health
Resources in 28 language on problem gambling
Diversity Health Clearinghouse
Useful multilingual health information on many topics
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
Resources in 64 languages
Health checks
NSW Refugee Health Service
This resource provides recently arrived African communities with clear information about health checks and procedures in Australia. The online DVD is available in English, Dinka, Kirundi and Swahili
Health Translations Directory
Victorian Government
68 resources on a variety of conditions in many languages
NSW Public Schools
Translated information in 47 languages for parents and carers on diabetes, drugs, diseases and conditions
Healthy eating
Healthy eating and living in Australia
Foundation House
Information to Shop Well, Eat Well and Feel Well – pamphlets targeted to people shortly after they have arrived in Australia, available in various community languages
| Arabic | Bosnian | Croatian | Serbian | Somali | English |
Heart
Victorian Government Health Information
A wide range of translated information topics about heart health in several languages
HIV/AIDS, hepatitis & sexual health
Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service
The Multicultural HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C Service (MHAHS) works to respond to HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C among culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. The Service specifically targets more than 20 language groups, but is also available to other individuals and communities from culturally diverse backgrounds seeking assistance. Individuals and agencies working in the HIV/AIDS and the hepatitis C sector are encouraged to utilise the Service to assist them to respond to people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
Multilingual sexual health brochures
Marie Stopes International Australia
Translated information in Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean and Vietnamese
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HPV vaccination program
Immunise Australia Program
Information on the free National HPV School Vaccination Program is available in 21 different languages
| Albanian | Arabic | Assyrian | Burmese | Chinese (Simplified) | Chinese (Traditional) |
| Dari | Dinka | Khmer | Korean | Kurdish | Lao |
| Macedonian | Nepalese | Persian | Serbian | Somali | Spanish |
| Thai | Turkish | Vietnamese |
Immunisation
Victorian Government health information
| Arabic | Bosnian | Burmese | Chinese | Croatian | Dari |
| Farsi | Greek | Indonesian | Italian | Japanese | Karen |
| Khmer | Korean | Macedonian | Maltese | Polish | Russian |
| Serbian | Sinhalese | Somali | Spanish | Thai | Turkish |
| Vietnamese |
Libraries and health
Fairfield city Library Promotion DVD (NSW)
| Vietnamese |
Macular degeneration
Macular Degeneration Foundation
| Arabic | Chinese | Greek | Italian | Vietnamese |
Medicare, Centrelink, Child Support
Australian Government Department of Human Services
Information in your language about Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support payments and services. Translated information available in 52 languages
Medicines
Managing your medicine
Multilingual Health Communication Service
A variety of factsheets about medicines and their use in the following languages
| Arabic | Chinese Traditional | English | Greek | Italian | Macedonian |
| Spanish | Turkish | Vietnamese |
Translated information about medicines
National Prescription Service
| Arabic | Chinese Simplified | Chinese Traditional | Croatian | Greek | Italian |
| Korean | Macedonian | Spanish | Vietnamese |
Talking about medicines
NSW Refugee Health Service
This audio resource discusses the safe use of medications in Southern Sudanese Arabic, Dinka and Krio
Mental health
Beyond Blue
Information about depression in many languages
Bipolar Disorder - Translations
SANE Australia
A checklist pamphlet explaining the symptoms of bipolar disorder in easy language. The following translations are available:
| Arabic | Chinese (Simplified) | Chinese (Traditional) | English | Greek | Italian |
| Spanish | Turkish | Vietnamese |
Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI)
Three brochures translated in 7 languages
The best for me and baby: for women with a mental health problem or mental illness - and their partners - who are thinking about having a baby, are new parents or are about to have a baby
Family talk tips and information: for parents with mental health problems, their children, other family members and support people
Piecing the puzzle together: for people living with a mental health problem or mental illness, whose children are aged between 2 and 7 years
| Arabic | Chinese | Dinka | Hindi | Spanish | Swahili |
| Vietnamese |
Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre
View facts sheets and useful links in the following languages:
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Afrikaans
Albanian
Arabic
Armenian
Azerbaijani
Basque
Belarusian
Bengali
Bosnian
Bulgarian
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Catalan
Cebuano
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Esperanto
Estonian
Filipino
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Finnish
French
Galician
Georgian
German
Greek
Gujarati
Haitian Creole
Hebrew
Hindi
Hmong
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Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Javanese
Kannada
Khmer
Korean
Lao
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Latin
Latvian
Lithuanian
Macedonian
Malay
Maltese
Marathi
Norwegian
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
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Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Slovak
Slovenian
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
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Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Vietnamese
Welsh
Yiddish
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Startts
NSW Service for the treatment and rehabilitation of torture and trauma survivors. The web page can be translated into more than 60 languages.
NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
Problem Gambling Awareness Campaign
The Problem Gambling Awareness Campaign is part of a three-year Early Intervention, Prevention Strategy (EIPECS) established by the NSW Government in 2009. Four other gambling awareness campaigns will be held in the Arabic, Greek, Italian and Vietnamese communities.
| Arabic | Chinese(Mandarin) | Chinese(Cantonese) | Greek | Italian | Vietnamese |
Multiple sclerosis
Making Sense of MS Research (IN-DEEP project)
This provides summaries of independent, high quality research (from the Cochrane Collaboration) about multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment options for people with MS and their family members.
| Italian |
Patient assistance
Cue cards
Eastern Health
Cue cards is a new resource developed by Eastern Health Transcultural Services to assist health professionals and clients / carers who primarily have English language difficulties, or problems communicating with each other. This resource is now available in 70 community languages.
Patient rights and responsibilities videos and booklets
NSW Health South Eastern Sudney Local Health District
Diversity Health with the support of the SESLHD Multicultural Health Service (and approval of the NSW Ministry of Health) has produced a summary of the NSWHealth patient rights and responsibilities brochure and made it available in both booklet and audiovisual form. It has been translated into seven languages.
Refugees
NSW Refugee Health Service
Translated resources to promote the health of people from a refugee background living in NSW by assisting refugees, and the health professionals who work with them.
| Arabic | Assyrian | Burmese | Chinese | Dari | Dinka |
| English | Karen | Korean | Kurdish | Persian | Serbian |
| Somali | Spanish | Thai | Turkish | Vietnamese |
Women's health
Search also under a specific health topic such as cancer
Multicultural Centre for Womens Health
The centre provides an online subject guide to the resources held in their library in over 70 languages
Youth health
Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia
Audio clips for young people about healthy lifestyle choices
| Arabic | Cantonese | Dari | Mandarin | Persian |
Sexual health for young deaf people
The Deaf Society of NSW
Online information available in Auslan
